Posted on 05/07/2018 3:52:43 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
President Donald Trump's top personal attorney Rudy Giuliani on Sunday said that "nobody seems to care" that former Secretary of State John Kerry is ‘violating the Logan Act' by quietly trying to save the Iran nuclear deal.
Giuliani appeared on ABC's "This Week" where he was initially discussing Trump and what he knew about the $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, but then pivoted and talked about how nobody seemed to care about Kerry violating the Logan Act, which prohibits American citizens from negotiating with foreign governments, including unauthorized members of Congress
"Certainly before April 5, 2018, the president knew that Michael Cohen had made these payments because he in fact had reimbursed Michael Cohen for it," Host George Stephanopoulos said.
Giuliani said that he didn't know and said that it wasn't relevant anymore before shifting the conversation to Kerry.
"This is another tangent like chasing the [Michael] Flynn tangent when it turns out that John Kerry is now violating the Logan Act and nobody seems to care. You haven't asked me about it," Giuliani said.
Stephanopoulos ignored Giuliani's comment about Kerry and started asking about Trump again, prompting a laughing Giuliani to say, "We leave John Kerry out of it."
The Boston Globe reported on Friday that Kerry has been quietly trying to salvage the Iran nuclear deal, one of his most significant negotiations as secretary of state.
He sat down at the United Nations with Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to discuss ways of preserving the pact limiting Iran’s nuclear weapons program. It was the second time in about two months that the two had met to strategize over salvaging a deal they spent years negotiating during the Obama administration, according to a person briefed on the meetings.
With the Iran deal facing its gravest threat since it was signed in 2015, Kerry has been on an aggressive yet stealthy mission to preserve it, using his deep lists of contacts gleaned during his time as the top US diplomat to try to apply pressure on the Trump administration from the outside. President Trump, who has consistently criticized the pact and campaigned in 2016 on scuttling it, faces a May 12 deadline to decide whether to continue abiding by its terms.
Stephanopoulos ignored Giuliani's comment about Kerry and started asking about Trump again, prompting a laughing Giuliani to say, "We leave John Kerry out of it."
But.
Buttt!
He done served in Veetnam!
“”It turns out that John Kerry is now violating the Logan Act and nobody seems to care. “
It’s my understanding that no one has ever been prosecuted under the Logan Act. It’s a paper tiger.
Standing by for statement from AG Sessions...
Anything, Jeff?
Wake up, Jeff!
Who investigates the Logan act?
DOJ?
Who prosecutes?
USAG?
Don’t they both answer to AND take orders from the POTUS?
Kerry is a dim-witted upper class twit. He's convinced he can do what no other man can, if only people would recognize his greatness. Basically, he's the Yankee Jimmy Carter.
Hard to figure how John Kerry talking to Macron and the Mullahs is going to prevent Trump from telling Iran to take their deal and stuff it.
Kerry seems to have a thing for negotiating with our enemies.
Did Sessions recuse himself again?
Does Trump government care it?
Kerry likes our enemies more than America.
Wake up call for Mr Jefferson Beauregard Sessions
Rudy!
Kerry’s in the dog house at home with his old lady and this is the trick he must do before she lets him out.
“nobody seems to care”
Hello Republicans !?*%
If the West allows a bad deal to continue what does that say about our ability to stand resolved against issues that harm our national security?
If Iran is threatening us not to pull out then what does that say about Iran’s true intentions?
Never forget that just before this bad agreement was signed, the Iranians sank a large mock-up model of a US carrier.
Don’t forget that Iran harassed the US Navy again and again.
Don’t forget the took US Navy personnel hostage and humiliated them and Obama of course.
Don’t forget that Iran regards the US as The Great Satan.
Just don’t forget that they are the Number one sponsor of terror in the world today.
Never forget their Hizbollah party killed 300+ servicemen in Beirut in 1983.
The killing goes waaaaaay back.
No reason to appease these SOBs.
Nobody in D.C. seems to care that Democrats violate any laws. They are simply ignored while Mueller is allowed to continue his sham witch hunt.
My pet theory is he was so bad as a leader that someone in the chain of command realized we need to send this Dew-Fus home before he gets people hurt or worse. That is why it was 4 months only.....
What about when McCain violated the Logan Act With Ukraine and when meeting with ISIS?
It’s my understanding that no one has ever been prosecuted under the Logan Act. It’s a paper tiger.
No one has ever violated it so brazenly as John Francois Kerry.
Since when has the DOJ waited for public opinion on how to proceed?
Giuliani you are acting like President Trump is not in the White House.
Prosecute John Kerry and quit waiting for the okay from the swamp. They will never give it to you.
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